X-Git-Url: https://git.arvados.org/arvados.git/blobdiff_plain/418c57bce3aac1a22548e53e1018a1547d9efee4..7d804c0b62975b4059dea757dbc2fbd0320c1497:/sdk/python/gittaggers.py

diff --git a/sdk/python/gittaggers.py b/sdk/python/gittaggers.py
index ccf25c422e..f3278fcc1d 100644
--- a/sdk/python/gittaggers.py
+++ b/sdk/python/gittaggers.py
@@ -13,9 +13,9 @@ class EggInfoFromGit(egg_info):
     from source package), leave it alone.
     """
     def git_latest_tag(self):
-        gitinfo = subprocess.check_output(
-            ['git', 'describe', '--abbrev=0']).strip()
-        return str(gitinfo.decode('utf-8'))
+        gittags = subprocess.check_output(['git', 'tag', '-l']).split()
+        gittags.sort(key=lambda s: [int(u) for u in s.split(b'.')],reverse=True)
+        return str(next(iter(gittags)).decode('utf-8'))
 
     def git_timestamp_tag(self):
         gitinfo = subprocess.check_output(